[prairiebreeze]

President Bush DID tell them our grid system was antiquated, on perpetual overload and primed for collapse. And, he offered a plan to fix it.

I hope the Pres. sticks this knife in and twists it at the Dims if he speaks later.

Prairie

[OXENinFLA]

I hope the Pres. sticks this knife in and twists it at the Dims if he speaks later.

And if he doesn't, lets not forget to find it and bring it up.

[LowOiL]

Bookmarked for later consumption...

[OXENinFLA]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/news-speeches/speeches/vp20010613.html

VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY:

U.S. Energy Association Efficiency Forum Washington, D.C. June 13, 2001

"The report we issued last month presented more than 100 recommendations covering virtually the entire range of concerns that face the American people. One of the concerns, obviously, is the aging power grid and the growing problem that we have in getting electricity from the power plant to the light switch. It's clear that we must upgrade and expand the power grid. If we put more connections in place, we'll go a long way towards avoiding future blackouts. Another broad aim is to increase energy supplies from diverse sources; from oil and gas, renewables, coal, hydro and nuclear. This is the kind of balanced approach we think is essential if we're going to meet the country's energy needs down the road and take care of many of our other concerns, especially with respect to the environment."